Saltcorn

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MIT LicenseOpen Source — No Paywall2 ContainersDocker · Compose · Binary +2Needs Postgres13+ active committers (12mo)

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Saltcorn is an open source no-code platform for building database-driven web and mobile applications. It is aimed at users who want to assemble custom apps from existing data, using configurable...

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no-code database app builder
web applications
mobile applications
flexible views
datatypes
layouts
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multi-tenant hosting
desktop local instance
reverse proxy support

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Last Updated: Oct 11, 2026
Created: Mar 24, 2020
Install Methods: dockerdocker-composebinarypackage-managersource
Requirements: Node.js 20+npmPostgreSQL
Minimum Requirements: RAM: 1GB
API: WEBSOCKET
Runtime / Stack: DockerNodejs
Privacy & Independence: Cloud: OptionalOffline Capable
User Model: Multi-UserMulti-Tenant
Deployment: Deployment: Docker Compose ✓2 Containers — light hosting footprintRuns as 2 containers

Run Saltcorn with Docker Compose

Compose file from the Saltcorn project repository.

2 services · database: postgres · infra: postgres

no resource limits declared

deploy/docker-compose-tests/pg-server/docker-compose.yml · @ 05ee8d8 · scanned Sep 23, 2026

services:
  db:
    image: postgres:16
    attach: false
    environment:
      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: postgres
      POSTGRES_DB: saltcorn_test
      POSTGRES_USER: postgres
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "pg_isready -U postgres -d saltcorn_test"]
      interval: 5s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 5

  tests:
    build:
      context: ../../../
      dockerfile: deploy/docker-compose-tests/pg-server/Dockerfile.test
    command: "saltcorn run-tests server -t 'Upload changes'"
    extra_hosts:
      - "example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub1.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub2.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub3.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub4.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "sub5.example.com:127.0.0.1"
      - "otherexample.com:127.0.0.1"
    read_only: false
    depends_on:
      db:
        condition: service_healthy
    environment:
      # Adjust these to whatever your test suite / run_tests.sh expects
      PGHOST: db
      PGPORT: 5432
      PGUSER: postgres
      PGDATABASE: saltcorn_test
      PGPASSWORD: postgres
      SALTCORN_SESSION_SECRET: "rehjtyjrtjr"

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